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DAY....DATE...... OPPONENT...... LOCATION...... TIME/ RESULTS NORMAN, Okla. -- One week after sweeping the competition at the Rocky Mountain Open, the second-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team travels to face 10th ranked Nebraska, Sat...... Jan. 10...... Rocky Mountain Open...... Colorado Springs, Colo...... First, 355.000 at the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb. The meet is slated for a 2 p.m. (CT) start on Sunday, Jan. 18. Sun...... Jan. 18...... Nebraska...... Lincoln, Neb...... 2 p.m. The Sooners topped the Huskers and Air Force last weekend in Colorado. Sat...... Jan. 31 ...... TEXAS...... NORMAN...... 7 p.m. “This will be another road test for us and another opportunity to keep improving,” said head Thurs...... Feb. 5-7...... Winter Cup...... Las Vegas, Nev...... 7 p.m. coach Mark Williams..”

Sat...... Feb. 21...... IOWA...... NORMAN...... 7 p.m. The Sooners will look to continue their strong opening at the Rocky Mountain Open as the team will be a little short handed this week, due to injuries. The Oklahoma squad swept the Sat...... Feb. 28...... NEBRASKA...... NORMAN...... 7 p.m. opposing teams for the first time since the 2001 Sooner squad with a final score of 355.000. JAN. 18, 2009 | NEWS AND NOTES 2009 | NEWS 18, JAN.

Sat...... March 7...... Minnesota...... Minneapolis, Minn...... 7 p.m. Sophomore will look to build an impressive start to the season this weekend after claiming four individual titles (floor, vault, parallel bar and high bar) and the Sat...... March 14...... OHIO STATE...... NORMAN...... 7 p.m. all-around championship.

Sat...... March 21...... PENN STATE ...... NORMAN...... 7 p.m. Senior co-captain is also poised to improve his second-place finish in the all- around and rings event at the Rocky Mountain Open. Sat...... April 4...... MPSF Conference Meet.....Palo Alto, Calif...... 7 p.m. “Chris is hoping to have a little better performance than last week and we will definitely Thurs...... April 16...... NCAA Team Qualifiers...... Minneapolis, Minn...... 7 p.m. need that from him,” added Williams.

Fri...... April 17...... NCAA Team Finals...... Minneapolis, Minn...... 7 p.m. Williams and Legendre will be at U.S. Senior National Team practice leading up to the event and will meet the team in Lincoln, Neb. for the meet later on in the week. Sat...... April 18...... NCAA Event Finals...... Minneapolis, Minn...... 7 p.m. The Sooners will be without the services of Junior Ian Jackson for the rest of the season. Jackson injured his Achilles tendon at the Rocky Mountain on the last pass of his floor SETTING THE SCENE routine but won an individual title on rings and finished in third on vault and parallel bars 2009 ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPEN before he was injured. This weekend will also serve as a tune up for several members of the Sooner squad as they WHAT: Oklahoma vs. Nebraska will head to Las Vegas, Nev. for the 2009 Winter Cup, Feb. 5.

WHO: No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 10 Nebraska The Sooners will face the Huskers one more time before the conference championship when Nebraska visits Norman on Feb. 28 at the Howard McCasland Field House.

WHERE: Lincoln, Neb. Bob Devaney Center

WHEN: Jan. 18, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. (CST) SOONER GYMNAST TO WATCH SCORES: Live scoring will be available on Nebraska’s official athletics Web site, Huskers.com. CHRIS BROOKS Following the meet, final scores will be posted on SoonerSports.com.

WHAT 2 WATCH 4: This weekend senior co-captain Chris Brooks and sophomore Steven Senior co-captain Chris Brooks is also poised to improve his second-place finish in the Legendre will both being competing in the all-around competition for the second time all-around (86.600) and rings (15.150) event at the Rocky Mountain Open. this year. At the Rocky Mountain Open Legendre came in first (89.400) and Brook finished second with a score of 86.600. Both are also preparing for the Winter Cup competition that Brooks has had success against Nebraska in the past. Below is a look at some of his takes place Feb. 5-7 in Las Vegas, Nev. performances versus the Huskers.

2008: Third on parallel bars (14.550) in home win against Nebraska ... Finished second on vault with career-best 16.150 at MPSF Championship.

2007: Won the vault (9.15) and floor (9.65) titles against Nebraska ... Finished third on floor (9.6) at MPSF Championship. The official site of OU Athletics supplies Sooner fans worldwide with the latest news and fea- tures on Oklahoma athletics direct from Norman. The site provides the latest press releases, rosters, bios, schedules, statistics, notes, quotes, athlete blogs, photo galleries and audio and video available to both Sooner fans and the media.

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Name Yr. Ht. Hometown (High School) (Club) Pronunciation Chris Brooks Sr. 5-8 , Texas (Cypress Creek HS) (Houston North Gymnastics) Garrett Carr Jr. 5-11 Mandeville, La. (Fountainbleau HS) (Aces) Chad Crumley Fr. 5-11 Long Grove, Ill. (Stevenson HS) (Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center) CRUHM-lee Russell Czeschin Sr. 6-3 Independence, Mo. (Fort Osage HS) (Great American Gymnastics Express) shuh-SHEEN Corey English Jr. 5-7 Covington, La. (St. Paul’s HS) (Mandeville Sports Complex) David Finning Fr. 5-4 Claremore, Okla. (Cy Falls HS) (Cypress Academy) C.J. Grimes So. 5-5 Ulysses, Kan. (Ulysses HS) (Littlestar Gymnastics) Ian Jackson Jr. 5-6 Harrisburg, Pa. (Central Dauphin HS) (Artistic Sports Academy Plus) Jason Laughton Sr. 5-6 Northridge, Calif. (Sunland Christian School) (SCATS Gymnastics) lawton Steven Legendre So. 5-6 Port Jefferson, N.Y. (Spring Creek Academy) (World Olympic Gymnastics Academy) la-ZHAHN-druh Benjamin Mayer Fr. 5-10 Houston, Texas (Home School) (Cypress Academy) MAY-er Kyle McNamara Sr. 5-7 Littleton, Colo. (Heritage HS) (5280 Gymnastics) MAC-nuh-mare-uh Jacob Messina Sr. 5-6 Matthews, N.C. (East Mecklenburg HS) (G&J Speedway) Troy Nitzky Fr. 5-6 Southampton, Pa. (William Tennent HS) (Temple Boys Gymnastics) Patrick Piscitelli Fr. 5-11 Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Catholic HS) (G & J Speedway) PISK-uh-telly Reed Pitts Jr. 5-9 Allen, Texas (Allen HS) (Eagle’s Wings Athletics) Bobby Shortle So. 5-2 Brunswick, Ohio (Brunswick HS) (Gym World) SHORT-uhl

JAN. 18, 2009 | ROSTER, NEWS AND NOTES AND NOTES 2009 | ROSTER, NEWS 18, JAN. Head Coach Mark Williams 10th Season Nebraska, 1980 Assistant Coach Rustam Sharipov Fourth Season Kharkov State, 1997 roos-TOM SHARE-ee-pahv Assistant Coach Daniel Furney Fourth Season Oklahoma, 2004 OKLAHOMA MEN’S GYMNASTICS NEWS AND NOTES

Coming Up Next Week... Williams Names Captains... Following the meet with Nebraska, the Sooners head back to Norman for their home Seniors Jacob Messina and Chris Brooks were named co-captains for the 2009 season by opener, Jan. 31, against Texas. The meet will be at 7 p.m. at the Howard McCasland Field head coach Mark Williams. House. The meet will mark 2008 National Championship Celebration Day were fans will have the opportunity to meet the gymnasts while they sign autographs and see the 2008 Both have been apart of several of the Sooners national championship squads and have National Championship trophy after the meet. received national honors for their effort.

Decade of Dominance... Brooks was a two-time All-American last year on high bar and parallel bars while Messina The Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team started the season with a victory at the Rocky has the chance to win a fourth national championship in five years with the team. Mountain Open and claiming the meet championship for the tenth consecutive year. The second-ranked Sooners scored a 355.000 Saturday night in Colorado Springs, Colo., to win Legendre Named to National Team... the collegiate portion of the competition, while Steven Legendre claimed his second Rock University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics sophomore Steven Legendre has been selected to Mountain Open all-around title with an 89.400. the U.S. Senior National team as announced by USA Gymnastics in October.

Oklahoma gymnasts claimed all of the individual titles at the Rocky Mountain Open with Legendre was successful in his first meet as a member of the USA Men’s Gymnastics Senior the help of Legendre winning event titles on floor (15.350), vault (15.900), parallel bars National Team at the Toyota Cup in Toyota City, Japan, on Nov 15-16. (14.950), high bar (14.700) and coming in tied for second with Chris Brooks on rings with a score of 15.150. The weekend was highlighted by Legendre’s third-place finish on the vault during the last day of competition, good for a bronze medal. Legendre averaged a 15.825 on the vault after Chris Brooks, a senior co-captain came in second in the all-around while juniors Ian Jackson posting scores of 16.05 and 15.75. and Corey English claimed individual titles in rings (15.300) and (14.900), respectively. The Port Jefferson, N.Y., native also finished in the top six in the other events that he com- peted. Legendre finished fifth on the floor exercise and sixth on his high bar and parallel Rocky Mountain Quick Fact... bars routines. This is the second time that Legendre has won both the floor and all-around in the Rocky Mountain Open. Last year, Legendre won the floor title with a score of 15.400 and the all- In his last national competition, Legendre competed at the 2008 Visa Championships and around with a 84.950. Legendre is the this first gymnast in the last nine years to win four placed second on floor and 13th in the all-around competition. The strong showing came event titles and the all-around in the Rocky Mountain Open. shortly after he earned two individual NCAA titles (vault and floor) while pushing the Soon- ers to the program’s eighth National Championship. The ’09 Sooners joined the ’01 Oklahoma squad as the only team to sweep all event titles since 2001. The Port Jefferson, N.Y. native became just the fourth Sooner to record multiple NCAA titles in a season, while also earning All-American status on three events.

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QUICK FACTS 2008 RESULTS

GENERAL INFORMATION NEWS AND NOTES | RELEASE NO. 2 Location...... Norman, Okla. DATE OPPONENT RESULT Enrollment...... 29,721 Jan. 12 Rocky Mountain Open First (343.550) Founded...... 1890 President...... David L. Boren Jan. 20 Nebraska & Air Force First (349.700) Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics/AD...... Joe Castiglione Jan. 26 Michigan W (351.400) Nickname...... Sooners Colors...... Crimson & Cream Feb. 1 Nebraska W (355.500) Conference...... Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Arena(s)...... Howard McCasland Field House (2,300) Feb. 7 Winter Cup* Individual results Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) OU All-Time Record...... 521-165-1 (.758) Feb. 9 Winter Cup Finals* Individual results

TEAM INFORMATION Feb. 16 Iowa W (355.750) 2008 Overall Record...... 28-1 (.966) High Score...... 364.600 Feb. 23 Pacific Coast Classic Second (359.800) MPSF Finish...... First NCAA Finish...... First March 8 Ohio State Cancelled Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 11/2 March 15 Minnesota W (364.600) All-Americans Returning/Lost...... 5/2 March 22 Penn State W (357.850) COACHING STAFF Head Coach...... Mark Williams April 5 MPSF Championship First (359.150) Year...... 10th Season Alma Mater...... Nebraska, 1980 April 17 NCAA Qualifier First (357.500) Record at OU...... 223-18 (.925) Career Record...... 223-18 (.925) April 18 NCAA Team Finals First (363.200)

Assistant Coach (Alma Mater)...... Rustam Sharipov (Kharkov State, 1997) April 19 NCAA Event Finals 11 All-Americans Year...... Fourth Season PRE-SEASON POLL Assistant Coach (Alma Mater)...... Daniel Furney (Oklahoma, 2004) Year...... Fourth Season 1. Stanford (10) 10. Nebraska Men’s Gymnastics Office Phone...... (405) 325-8349 2. OKLAHOMA (2) 11. Temple Men’s Gymnastics Office Fax...... (405) 325-7485 3. Ohio State (1) 12. Illinois-Chicago 4. Illinois 13. Air Force Men’s Gymnastics Contact...... Matt Wilson 5. Penn State 14. William & Mary Office. #...... (405) 325-8231 6. Michigan 15. Navy Fax #...... (405) 325-7623 7. California (1) Cell #...... (405) 831-3344 E-mail...... [email protected] 8. Minnesota *First place votes in parenthesis Web site...... www.soonersports.com 9. Iowa Mailing address...... 180 West Brooks St., Suite 2525; Norman, OK 73019 OKLAHOMA SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN

In the month of March, the Sooners will face three Big Ten foes beginning with a trip to the University of Minnesota on March 7, a meet that includes MPSF rival Stanford. After the matchup with the Golden Gophers and Stanford, Oklahoma will host two of its top rivals with Ohio State (March 14) and Penn State (March 21) at the McCasland Field House.

Since 2000, the Sooners, Nittany Lions and Buckeyes have combined to win the last nine NCAA titles. OU leads the pack with five national championships while Penn 9 State has claimed three (2000, 2004, 2007) and Ohio State won the 2001 championship. Oklahoma will defend its 2008 national title as the University of Minnesota will host the 2009 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships, April 16-18, at the Minnesota Sports Pavilion. Oklahoma has won five national championships under the leadership of head coach Mark Williams and has claimed eight overall in the program’s history.

The Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team has now won five of the last seven NCAA team crowns, (2008), (2006), (2005), (2003), and (2002), under current head coach 8 Mark Williams. With eight national championships, the men’s gymnastics team now owns the most titles of any OU athletics program, breaking a tie with the football SOONERSPORTS.COM 2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

2008 SEASON REVIEW Abdullah-Simmons’ nine career All-America honors ranks third in OU history.

In one of the most dramatic endings in NCAA Championship history, the second ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team toppled No. 1 Stanford on the Cardinal’s home floor to claim the 2008 national title. It was the Sooners’ fifth championship in the last seven years and the eighth in program history, giving the gymnastics squad the most national titles of any OU athletics program.

Senior Jonathan Horton reinforced his status as the most decorated gymnast in OU history, becoming the Sooners’ sixth Nissen-Emery Award winner and claiming an indi- vidual national title on rings while finishing second in the all-around. Horton earned All-America status on three events (AA, SR, PB) to bring his career total to 18, a program record. His six career individual championships are also tops in OU history.

Proving that the future of the OU program is extremely bright, freshman Steven Legendre won individual national championships on floor exercise and vault, earning All-America honors on both events as well as on high bar. Legendre became just the fourth Sooner to earn multiple NCAA titles in a season and the first freshman to win national crowns on at least two events.

In total, Oklahoma gymnasts earned 11 All-America honors in 2008, the second highest total in the nation. In addition to Horton and Legendre, juniors Russell Czeschin (FX), Chris Brooks (PB, HB) and Jason Laughton (PH) and sophomore Reed Pitts (FX) received JAN. 10, 2009 | 2008 SEASON REVIEW 2009 | 2008 SEASON REVIEW 10, JAN. national honors. 2008 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Following the NCAA Championships, OU head coach Mark Williams was named National WILLIAMS’ CONTINUED SUCCESS Coach of the Year for the fifth time, while assistants Daniel Furney and Rustam Sharipov The Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team has won five of the last seven NCAA team crowns, earned National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year honors for the second time in three (2008), (2006), (2005), (2003), and (2002), all under current head coach Mark Williams. seasons. Since taking over the program in 2000, Williams’ teams have finished runner-up three times, (2007), (2004), (2001), and lower than second at the NCAA Championships only The Sooners also claimed the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title in 2008, their once, a fourth-place showing in his first season (2000). ninth conference championship in 10 years and fourth consecutive. Williams was named the conference’s Coach of the Year for the eighth time in his nine seasons as OU NISSEN-EMRY AWARD head coach, sharing the 2008 honor with Cal’s Barry Weiner. Horton was the MPSF all- Senior Jonathan Horton reinforced his status as the most decorated gymnast in OU history, around champion for the third time. He also won the rings crown and earned his third becoming the Sooners’ sixth Nissen-Emery Award winner. OU now has more Nissen-Emery MPSF Gymnast of the Year Award. award winners than any other university. Past winners include: Daniel Furney (2003), Todd Bishop (1999), Dan Fink (1998), Jarrod Hanks (1991) and (1981). Horton excelled on the international scene as a member of the U.S. Senior National Team. At the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, he finished fourth in the all-around and became just the fourth American men’s gymnast to record MPSF ONCE AGAIN a top-four all-around finish at the World Championships. Horton’s performance helped Oklahoma came from behind on the final rotation to win the program’s fourth consecutive the U.S. to a fourth-place team finish and an automatic berth in the 2008 Olympic conference title. The Sooners’ conference crown is their ninth in 10 seasons competing in Games. Horton went on to win a bronze medal in team competition and a silver medal the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The Sooners have won 16 individual conference in the individual high bar finals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. crowns over the last five years. 2008 INDIVIDUAL EVENT HIGHS ALL-AMERICANS “ALL-AROUND” Event Score Gymnast In total, Oklahoma gymnasts earned 11 All-America honors in 2008, the second highest All-Around...... 92.450...... Jonathan Horton total in the nation. In addition to Horton and StevenLegendre claiming six, juniors Russell Floor Exercise...... 16.100...... Steven Legendre Czeschin (FX), Chris Brooks (PB, HB) and Jason Laughton (PH) and sophomore Reed Pitts Pommel Horse...... 14.750...... Jonathan Horton (FX) received national honors. The Sooners have earned double-digit totals in All-America Still Rings...... 16.125...... Jonathan Horton honors in each of the last three years. Vault...... 16.400...... Steven Legendre Parallel Bars...... 15.650...... Jonathan Horton SAYING GOODBYE High Bar...... 15.450...... Jonathan Horton Saying goodbye to Horton and Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons wasn’t easy. During their four years in Norman, the pair combined for 24 All-America honors, six individual NCAA titles 2008 TEAM EVENT HIGHS and were part of back-to-back national championship teams in 2005 and 2006. Horton and Abdullah-Simmons accounted for the last two of the last three NCAA all-around titles - Event Score Last Time Horton in 2006 and Abdullah-Simmons in 2007. No other team in NCAA men’s gymnastics Floor Exercise...... 62.600...... 04.18.08 history had boasted two all-around champions on the same team at the same time. Pommel Horse...... 56.850...... 02.23.08 Still Rings...... 62.100...... 03.15.08 Vault...... 64.450...... 03.15.08 Parallel Bars...... 61.200...... 03.15.08 High Bar...... 58.950...... 01.20.08 Total...... 364.600...... 03.15.08

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10th Year at OU: 223-18 | Alma Mater: Nebraska, 1980 HEAD COACH MARK WILLIAMS | RELEASE NO. 1

Five National Championships Eight Conference Championships Five-Time National Coach of the Year Eight-Time MPSF Coach of the Year

Career Coaching Highlights • 2008 U.S. Olympic Personal Coach • 2008 NCAA National Champions • 2008 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2008 National Coach of the Year • 2007 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2006 U.S. World Championships Head Coach • 2006 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year • 2006 NCAA National Champions • 2006 National Coach of the Year • 2006 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2005 NCAA National Champions SOONERS UNDER WILLIAMS • 2005 National Coach of the Year • 2005 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2004 U.S. Olympic Personal Coach Year Record Conference (Finish) Postseason (Finish) • 2003 NCAA National Champions 2000 15-4 MPSF (First) NCAA (Fourth) • 2003 National Coach of the Year 2001 24-2 MPSF (First) NCAA (Second) • 2003 MPSF Coach of the Year 2002 28-1 MPSF (First) NCAA (First) • 2003 World Championship Personal Coach 2003 26-0 MPSF (First) NCAA (First) • 2002 World Championship Personal Coach 2004 24-4 MPSF (Second) NCAA (Second) • 2002 NCAA National Champions 2005 21-2 MPSF (First) NCAA (First) • 2002 National Coach of the Year 2006 31-0 MPSF (First) NCAA (First) • 2002 MPSF Coach of the Year 2007 26-4 MPSF (First) NCAA (Second) • 2001 MPSF Coach of the Year 2008 28-1 MPSF (First) NCAA (First) • 2001 West Region NCAA Coach of the Year TOTAL 223-18 .925 WINNING PERCENTAGE • 2001 World Championship Personal Coach • 2000 MPSF Coach of the Year • 1999 Head Coach BY THE NUMBERS • 1996 Assistant Olympic Coach • 1995 Assistant World Championship Coach • 1994 World Championship Personal Coach • 1994 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year .925 14 • 1994 NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year The winning percentage since head The number of individual national • 11-time USA International Team Coach coach Mark Willimas has been titles won under the direction of at the University of Oklahoma. Williams. Coaching Accomplishments Willimas has won an average of 24 • Athlete on U.S. Olympic Team matches each of his nine years at the • Two athletes on World Championship Teams university. • Athlete on Pan American Games Team • Athlete on Pan American Championship Team 29 • Athlete on World University Games Team The number of individual conference • Nine athletes on USA Senior National Team championships that have awarded • Eight athletes on Junior National Team under Williams. 1 • 92 NCAA All-America Athletes Since Mark Willams has been at • 14 NCAA National Champions Oklahoma, the Sooners have finished • Two USA Junior National All-Around Champions either first or second in the last eight NCAA Championships. 92 Gymnastics Activities The number of All-Americans that • NCAA Rules Committee Chair, 2005 have been produced while Willimas • NGJA Nationally Certified Judge, 1984-2001 has been at Oklahoma. • F.I.G. Certified Judge, 1998-2004 2 • USAG Men’s Program Committee Member, 1994-2000 The number of Olympic gymnasts • U.S. Men’s Elite Coaches Association Sec./Treas. & V.P., 1991-98 who have come from Oklahoma • USAG Board of Directors Sr. Rep, 1996-98 since Williams has been coaching at 100 • Coached on seven NCAA National Championship Teams Oklahoma. The number of wins that Williams (1981, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008) collected by 2004. Williams reaxched the plateau quicker than any coach in NCAA history. SOONERSPORTS.COM 2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

2009 ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPEN RECAP

The Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team started the season with a victory at the Rocky Mountain Open claiming the meet championship for the tenth consecutive year. The second-ranked Sooners scored a 355.000 Saturday night in Colorado Springs, Colo., to win the collegiate portion of the competition, while Legendre claimed his second Rock Mountain Open all-around title with an 89.400.

No. 10 Nebraska finished second with a 332.400 total, while host Air Force placed third with a 317.900 team total. Club teams from Arizona State University (312.950) and the University of Washington (303.200) placed fourth and fifth, respectively. A team comprised of athletes from the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs scored a 147.950 but was ineligible for awards in the collegiate division.

Oklahoma gymnasts claimed all of the individual titles at the Rocky Mountain Open with the help of Legendre winning event titles on floor (15.350), vault (15.900), parallel bars (14.950), high bar (14.700) and coming in tied for second with Chris Brooks on rings with a score of 15.150.

Senior co-captain Chris Brooks came in second in the all-around while juniors Ian Jackson and Corey English claimed individual titles in rings (15.300) and pommel horse (14.900), respectively. JAN. 18, 2009 | 2009 EVENT RECAPS 2009 | EVENT RECAPS 18, JAN.

On Saturday, junior Ian Jackson suffered an injury to his Achillies tendon during the meet on the last pass of his floor routine. The Harrisburg, Pa, native competed in the all-around on and claimed the rings title and finished third in vault and parallel bars before he was injured.

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2009 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLES 2009 TEAM EVENT TITLES

STEVEN LEGENDRE (5) FLOOR (1) EVENT AND TEAM TITLES | RELEASE NO. 2 Floor Exercise (1): Rocky Mountain Open, 15.350, 1/10/09 Rocky Mountain Open, 59.300, 1/10/09 Vault (1): Rocky Mountain Open, 15.900, 1/10/09 Parallel Bars (1): Rocky Mountain Open, 14.950, 1/10/09 POMMEL HORSE (1) High Bar (1): Rocky Mountain Open, 14.700, 1/10/09 Rocky Mountain Open, 56.800, 1/10/09 All-Around (1): Rocky Mountain Open, 89.400, 1/10/09 STILL RINGS (1) COREY ENGLISH (1) Rocky Mountain Open, 60.750, 1/10/09 Pommel Horse (1): Rocky Mountain Open, 14.900, 1/10/09 VAULT (1) IAN JACKSON (1) Rocky Mountain Open, 62.650, 1/10/09 Still Rings (1): Rocky Mountain Open, 15.300, 1/10/09 PARALLEL BAR (1) Rocky Mountain Open, 58.600, 1/10/09

HIGH BAR (1) Rocky Mountain Open, 56.900, 1/10/09

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at Rocky Mountain Open (01.10.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 2 OKLAHOMA...... 59.300...... 56.800...... 60.750...... 62.650...... 58.600...... 56.900...... 355.000 No. 10 Nebraska...... 52.600...... 56.000...... 57.700...... 59.500...... 55.150...... 51.450...... 332.400 No. 13 Air Force...... 51.550...... 52.000...... 55.850...... 57.250...... 53.000...... 48.250...... 317.900 Arizona State...... 51.550...... 49.000...... 54.700...... 58.100...... 51.100...... 48.500...... 312.950 Washington...... 51.800...... 44.800...... 52.400...... 55.800...... 51.050...... 47.350...... 303.200

at Nebraska w/ Air Force (01.18.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 2 OKLAHOMA...... No. 10 Nebraska......

Texas (01.31.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 2 OKLAHOMA...... Texas

Iowa (02.21.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 2 OKLAHOMA...... No. 9 Iowa......

Nebraska (02.28.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 2 OKLAHOMA...... No. 10 Nebraska......

Minnesota (03.07.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 2 OKLAHOMA...... JAN. 18, 2009 | 2009 MEET BY MEET RESULTS 2009 | MEET BY 18, JAN. No. 1 Stanford...... No. 8 Minnesota......

Ohio State (03.14.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 2 OKLAHOMA...... No. 3 Ohio State......

Penn State (03.21.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 3 OKLAHOMA...... No. 5 Penn State......

at MPSF Championship (04.04.09) FX PH SR V PB HB Total No. 2 OKLAHOMA...... No. 1 Stanford...... No. 7 California...... No. 10 Nebraska...... No. 13 Air Force......

2009 TEAM EVENT HIGHS 2009 INDIVIDUAL EVENT HIGHS

Event Score Last Time Event Score Gymnast Floor Exercise...... 59.300...... 01.10.09 All-Around...... 84.900...... Legendre Pommel Horse...... 56.800...... 01.10.09 Floor Exercise...... 15.350...... Legendre Still Rings...... 60.750...... 01.10.09 Pommel Horse...... 14.900...... English Vault...... 62.650...... 01.10.09 Still Rings...... 15.300...... Jackson Parallel Bars...... 58.600...... 01.10.09 Vault...... 15.900...... Legendre High Bar...... 56.900...... 01.10.09 Parallel Bars...... 14.950...... Legendre Total...... 355.000...... 01.10.09 High Bar...... 14.700...... Legendre

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